Pittsburgh, Penn Hills and Allegheny County police have been consulting county prosecutors about whether to charge the girl — a student at Linton Middle School in Penn Hills — with making a false report.

The girl's father told police and news reporters that his daughter called to tell him she saw the girl being dragged into the van after school Tuesday, and that he stayed on the phone with her until she could walk home and call 911. The man didn't return calls, however, after police searched for about five hours and determined the report was a hoax.